Rhubarb Strudel

In the ancient times, the rhubarb was used for medical purposes, especially in China, but also in Europe and Asia.
The red pigment of the stalks, is known to kill leukemia cells and to slow the growth of some forms of cancer.
The rhubarb is delicious in cakes and pies, especially if mixed to apples or strawberries.
Yesterday I have bought fresh rhubarb stalks and today I have made a rhubarb strudel. It is just out of the oven, cooling down waiting to be eaten at tea time.
Have you ever tasted a rhubarb pie?
Do you like its taste?

That looks delicious.
I love rhubarb in a pie or a crumble, but I've never had it as a strudel. I am sure I would enjoy it just as much. I am familiar with apple strudel (though I've never tasted that either) but not rhubarb. Only problem is you need to add lots of sugar, if I remember rightly?

@LadyDuck I do now remember something. When my Mom made the rhubarb pie, she liked to serve it warm and she would put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the same plate. It was tasty eating the pie and ice cream together. Have you tried it like that before?

As a child, I loved breaking off a stalk of rhubarb and sucking on its sour juice. People should know that the leaves are highly toxic, so they shouldn't be eaten. I like rhubarb in a pie if it's mixed with another sweeter fruit. We should be seeing some stalks in our stores here in a couple of months.

@LadyDuck Our spring comes later here, but it's always a welcome sight to see the new produce appear in the bins. I assumed you knew the leaves were toxic, but I don't think everyone does. I didn't learn that myself till recently.

@Raelove I suspected that there was something wrong with the leaves because I have always seen only the stalks on the shelves. I researched because I wanted to grow rhubarb, just to be sure. Next year I try to plant some in the garden.

@LadyDuck I like doing that too so to break the monotony. Now I'm thinking of even growing the stuff because I can remember harvesting it when I was small. It used to grow wild if I remember correctly.

Well see here is an EXCELLENT example of an alkalizing vegetable (rhubarb grows on a stalk, see the letters 'alk' is in the word stalk, ) that can deter some of the malignancy that develops in weakened cells creating cancer. The alkaline environment is brought up nicely maintained by eating lots of this plant because some cancer cells starve in acid environments. This could help reduce acids . . . Thank you so kindly for sharing this Anna way to go

Chinese Medicine has always been a favorite of mine to study and quite a bit of it is so biologically beneficial, I don't understand why more people do not embrace it . . . That liquor is a reddish sweet kind of syrupy yummy, isn't it ? @LadyDuck

Yes, it is grown in greenhouses here in Switzerland , but the package that I bought at Aldi comes from Canton Argovia, that it is all the way up to the north. I still have the ticket of the supermarket on my desk 1 Kg 4.99 CHF, that is a bit expensive, but my husband insisted.